Posted 3 years ago on Feb. 7, 2013, 6:39 a.m. EST by GirlFriday
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Revolutionary groups and opposition parties are preparing for a demonstration Friday outside the presidential palace to demand President Mohamed Morsy step down.

On Thursday, 38 political parties and civil society groups issued a statement encouraging people to join them outside the palace and in Tahrir Square.

According to the joint statement, the groups are demanding the prosecutor general be dismissed and the interior minister be tried for using excessive force against protesters. They also want to see a unity government that better represents the country's political landscape.

To garner as much support as possible, demonstration organizers are going door-to-door in a grassroots campaign urging citizens to show up in force.

Egyptians struggle is so much more extreme han ours, Much more visceral, and brutal. Broader perhaps because of the widespread poverty. Deeper because of the long history of brutality (US supported!!).

There is much we (US population, & OWS) can learn by watching the Egyptian people fight for a moderate, secular democracy.

Your updates are detailed, and much appreciated.

Solidarity with the Egyptian people who threw off the brutal dictator we propped up, and are in the process of throwing off his predecessor

I don't know why the moderates lost the election in Egypt. I find it shocking that what is viewed as the party of extremist religious beliefs was able to get more than 50% of the vote in Egypt. What happened?